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problems with a black reflective floor in photoview

Question asked by Roy M on Jun 15, 2012
Latest reply on Jun 26, 2012 by Barry Shapiro

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hi guys

i am having a frustratung time with photoview render using a black reflective floor. i use a standard 3 point beige for lightining and then added floor appearence as black reflective but the photoview render shows no black reflective surface not even reflective. the floor reflections square is not ticked and is not accesible in the edit environment menu. so i tried adding a large floor (as a part) in the assembly below, mated to the floor plane so as to act as a floor for this and set the properties to reflective black floor and tried high gloss plastic too. nothing gives a black reflective surface. tried changing light orientation too. any tips ?

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Jonathan Ridley Jun 15, 2012 2:39 PM

it sounds like you know what you are doing but did you remove the floor shadows once you put in the floor stucture? Also did you set the floor location to the bottom of the floor structure?

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Roy M @ Jonathan Ridley on Jun 15, 2012 3:45 PM

thanks jonathan. it was not the floor. just has to reapply the reflective black floor again starting fresh, looks like the environment was messing up the reflection. surprisingly, the refelction is still white when i add the artificial floor (part). but the scene floor is definitely black. thanks

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Barry Shapiro Jun 26, 2012 9:01 AM

Roy,

There is a glitch with the setting. To get around the problem turn on real view and shadows in shaded mode and you'll be able to access the check box when you edit the scene. When you done you can turn those settings off again.

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Jonathan Ridley Jun 15, 2012 2:39 PM
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it sounds like you know what you are doing but did you remove the floor shadows once you put in the floor stucture? Also did you set the floor location to the bottom of the floor structure?
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- Roy M @ Jonathan Ridley on Jun 15, 2012 3:45 PM
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  thanks jonathan. it was not the floor. just has to reapply the reflective black floor again starting fresh, looks like the environment was messing up the reflection. surprisingly, the refelction is still white when i add the artificial floor (part). but the scene floor is definitely black. thanks
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Barry Shapiro Jun 26, 2012 9:01 AM
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Roy,
There is a glitch with the setting. To get around the problem turn on real view and shadows in shaded mode and you'll be able to access the check box when you edit the scene. When you done you can turn those settings off again.
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